Adjustable book end holder



Aug. 18, 1936. H. JOHNSON ADJUSTABLE BOOK END HOLDER Filed July 15, 1935v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I nvenlor A ilomey Aug. 18, 1936. H. JOHNSON 2,051,448

ADJUSTABLE BOOK END HOLDER Filed July 15, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 7 v' 5 i 4 i 7 lf F 5 7 I Invenlor final-J Q/ 72 San By flzmaadzm A Home) Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a book holder of the type that may rest or repose on the top of a table, desk, or other suitable flat top supports.

One of the important objects of the invention is the provision of a practical, as well as ornamental book holder which book holder is also variously adjustable for the purpose of holding one or more books.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a device which embodies the features of an ornamental book end which is also capable of holding one or more books; the device being placeable in such amanner as to add to the decorative or artistic appearance of the room.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an adjustable book end holder of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, easy to manipulate, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use and adjustability and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a book holder embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking downward.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail vertical longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary bottom plan view showing one end of the apparatus.

Figure 6 is a vertical detail section taken substantially on the line 6--6 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numerals 5 denote two end plates rising from end base structures 6-6 each of which comprises a cross member a, a top plate b declining outwardly therefrom and side plates merging downwardly therefrom and denoted by 5 the letter 0. The inner faces of the end plates 5 are lined with suitable material I such as felt or the like. On the outer faces there projects therefrom suitable ornaments 8. A fanciful or ornamental electric light socket 9 is mounted on a tube In projecting from the base member 6 5 laterally to one side thereof and rising in an upright position with respect thereto as clearly shown in Figure 3.

Base plates II are fixed to the end members 5 and have depending flanges l2 converging as 10 shown in Figure 3 in dove-tail formation and telescopically associated. Stops M on one pair of flanges I2 cooperate with shoulders I5 on the other pair of flanges l2 to limit the spacing of the plates 5 with respect to each other. The 15 plates II are secured to the bases 6 by means of screws I! as shown to advantage in Figure 6.

It is thought that the construction, adjustability, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art with- 20 out a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features. of advantage 25 enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without 3 departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantage.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: 35 An adjustable book end unit comprising a pair of uprights, a base connecting the uprights at their lower ends, said base consistingof a pair of telescopic sections, one of said sections being provided with depending side flanges, one of said side flanges being provided with an inwardly disposed lug at its free end, the other section being provided with downwardly disposed flanges, one flange of the last mentioned section having a reduced intermediate portion for interposition between the lug of the complementary section and the top of the last mentioned section, said reduced intermediate portion of the flange defining a shoulder for abutment with the said lug to prevent the sections from being pulled apart.

HOWARD JOHNSON. 

